Agricultural Drought Detection with MODIS Based Vegetation Health Indices in Southeast Germany

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 13; no. 19; p. 3907
• Main Authors: Kloos, Simon, Yuan, Ye, Castelli, Mariapina, Menzel, Annette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Agricultural drought; Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Agriculture; altitude; Anomalies; Central European region; Climate change; Correlation analysis; Drought; Drought index; Germany; Grasslands; Growing season; Land cover; Land surface temperature; LST; NDVI; normalized difference vegetation index; Normalized difference vegetative index; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Soil moisture; soil water; summer; surface temperature; TCI; VCI; Vegetation; Vegetation growth; VHI; Water shortages; Iberian Peninsula; Alps; Bavaria Germany; Eastern Europe; Europe; Central Europe; Germany; Central European region

Droughts during the growing season are projected to increase in frequency and severity in Central Europe in the future. Thus, area-wide monitoring of agricultural drought in this region is becoming more and more important. In this context, it is essential to know where and when vegetation growth is...